I really wanted to play the new Skate, but EA, as always, is screwing over Linux players. WHY PUT A KERNEL-LEVEL ANTI-CHEAT IN A DAMN SKATEBOARDING GAME? WHO IS THE GENIUS THAT NEEDS TO USE CHEATS IN A SKATE GAME?

And someone will probably show up to say ‘just dual boot Windows’, but like… my laptop is a potato. Even on Arch Linux it sometimes freezes (but only when I have a bunch of stuff open), and on Windows it would hit 100% CPU and 90% RAM usage just by booting. And I don’t have money for a new HDD.

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Was thinking of adding some kind of tag to Steam games, like Linux compatible or something, that could help with finding games that work (generally) with little or no extra config on Linux, or would this be kind of redundant/pointless with the Steam Deck compatibility indicator? Just an idea I randomly thought of.

Obviously something with anti-cheat that does not work on Linux would automatically disqualify it from the tag.

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Hi, so I'm new to Linux but so far it's been mostly smooth with some games having some quirk or specific I can simply find online and fix.

But Witcher 3 is not working and nothing I find online helps.

When running the game with proton through steam I get "GPU does not meet minimal requirements. Support for DirectX 12 is required" Or directX 11 based on whichever fallback I set in the launcher-configuration.json.

I've tried launching through the launcher and with launcher skip in steam, both produce the same error. I've used proton experimental and hotfix and just the automatic one, doesn't change anything. I've checked my vulkan drivers and dxvk, nope.

I'm using openSUSE with hyprland on with an rtx 2060 and driver version 580.105.08. and vulkaninfo has instance version at the top as 1.4.328.

I am unsure what to do from here, any help would be appreciated, thanks !!

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I've been working on a small nostalgia project and decided to rebuild one of my old favorite CS 1.6 Zombie Mod servers from the mid-2000s — the kind many of us grew up on.

This isn’t the modern type of zombie server with classes, props or RPG-style systems.

I wanted to recreate the panic-style gameplay a lot of us remember from 2006–2009:

•Classic bunnyhop movement — zombies show real skill by chaining jumps, air control and timing to break into survivor camps

•Parachute + air acceleration — experienced zombies can glide, angle and redirect mid-air to reach survivor spots newer players can’t

•Classic knockback behavior — rifles give light push, shotguns deliver strong knockback just like the old servers

•Humans never run out of reserve ammo, but you still have to reload (no endless spray)

•Clean 1–3 weapon menu

•No added soundpacks, no extra visuals, no modern effects — just the oldschool aesthetic with the original Biohazard feel

It’s been a fun “digital archaeology” project — fixing HLDS quirks, compiling old AMXX modules, updating configs, and tuning movement + knockback to feel exactly like the 2006–2009 ZM era.

If anyone played classic zombie servers back then, this might bring back memories.

I'm not sure if posting server details is allowed, so feel free to DM me if you want more info.

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I bought a laptop with an AMD cpu/gpu and a 2880x1800 screen.

I don‘t need the full resolution for gaming.

Should I use FSR ingame (if it‘s available) or should I use Gamescope and upscale it from E.g. 1440x900? In this case should I leave the resolution at 2880x1800 ingame or do I need to set it to 1440x900 for Gamescope‘s upscaling to work?

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Hey guys, this may be a really stupid question, but I need to know where games running in wine/proton with lutris stores save files for games, or really anything thats needed to be in a prefix. I can't find anything online currently and I wanna back up my saves since I plan on distro hopping. Any help is greatly appreciated :3

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So, ive been trying out a few linux distros, but ive had some problems. I have pretty much the worse device for linux gaming, a laptop with an nvidia gpu (rtx 4070). My main issues are that i get a lot of stuttering in the games ive been playing (like Stellar Blade) and whenever i have my external monitor plugged in, all of my games start getting really bad microstutters. Ive tried cachyos and bazzite, but the problems persisted. If there is anything i can do to fix these issues, please guide me, im very new to all of this. Thank you!

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Time for the yearly post so we can all talk about what happened, what we hoped for, what we didn't get, and what we know(or hope) will happen.

Link to past threads:

2022 Thread

2023 Thread

2024 Thread

With 2025 wrapping up I think it would be nice to share your personal highlights, and perhaps what you are hoping to happen with Linux gaming next year!

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Hi all!

I successfully installed Lossless Scaling in Bazzite following the installation guide:

https://github.com/PancakeTAS/lsfg-vk/wiki/Installation-Guide

After that, I added
ENABLE_LSFG=1 %command%
in Steam.

Then I started Lossless Scaling via App Launcher and started the game, followed by a quick Alt+Tab to LSFG for it to find the right name for the Profile.

Closed the game again and relaunched: 4FPS with Lossless Scaling set to twice the frames.

This happened for me in Quake 2 and also Monster Train (1), same behaviour.

Specs (and the reason on why I want to use it): ThinkPad T460p

- i5-6300U
- Intel HD Graphics 530
- 8GB Ram

I mean, it does something, so I guess it's active. I just don't understand why it dumps the FPS. In Quake 2 I usually get 30-40FPS and in Monster Train 28-32. Why does it drop to 4 (measured with steam overlay and... kinda counting them :D )

I appreaciate any kind of help. Let me know if you need more info!

Big Thank You from a new Linux gamer :)

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I'm itching for a Thinkpad X1 2-in-1 Aura Edition with Lunar Lake, and many reviews say it does work pretty much perfect with Linux, but how is the GPU in games? Stable? Good performance? Still needs work?

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so i managed to get Halo working on Cachyos but i noticed that my entire game audio is just stupid quiet i have all audio set to max (default) but the only thing that's audible is me getting hit or the occasional shot fired by me (note this is across all games in the collection as well as the menu)

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Hello,

Recently I've build new PC with AMD CPU and GPU (specs below). Unfortunately I have some issue with stability while gaming - for now Roadcraft, Driving Life and Ship Graveyard Simulator 2, freez, black screen and sometimes AMD Crash Report Tool appears and sometimes not. And this problem never appeared when I was playing on laptop with AMD CPU and nVidia GPU...

So I've been thinking, does anyone have similar issue in those games on linux? Are linux drivers better, more stable than windows?

I can install some distribution on second partition or something but I need to know if gaming on AMD GPU on Linux is stable before I format my main disk and do some kinky stuff :P

PC specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800 X3D

GPU: XFX Mercury Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Gaming Edition

Mobo: MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk Wifi

RAM: 2x32GB G.Skill Flare X5 AMD DDR5 6000MHz CL30

PSU: Corair RM1000x

SSD (Main): Kingston KC3000 2TB

Monitor: iiyama G-Master GCB3280QSU-B2 Red Eagle 32"

Current OS: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit

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Hey there! I recently moved over to Linux and, sadly, my current MMO gaming mouse isn't supported (which I knew going in.) It has onboard memory, so I was able to program some common buttons I use before I made the switch, but I like being able to change them around. I know that I'm not going to get per-profile mappings, and I'm alright with that. Digging around, it seems very iffy on whether nor not any certain mouse is 'supported'. I've currently got the Corsair Scimitar Elite, and I've poked around with ckb-next, but that particular mouse isn't supported yet. Does anybody have any experience with this and can recommend me a replacement mouse?

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I'm having trouble finding a good answer to this, but how do I remote unlock my gaming desktop so I can stream games to my steam deck and other devices around the house?

I don't want to leave my desktop permanently unlocked for security reasons (and for kid reasons). My computer auto-locks itself when idle for a period of time as well.

On windows I was able to use Parsec and some other host software to manage that, but I can't find a good solution for getting past the login screen so steam streaming is functional.

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Tested on Chromium based and Firefox based browsers.

The Problem

YouTube is a Single-Page Application (SPA) that loads new videos dynamically without a full page refresh. Because of this, MPRIS often does not detect video changes and metadata updates.

Our Solution's Approach

Seeking updates MPRIS.

On first frame loaded or PlaybackState 'play' we forcibly seek to the current position.

https://github.com/LurkAndLoiter/youtube-mpris-fix

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i want to know the best distro for gaming that can run the following games:

cs2

rdr2

battlefield 6

dayz

my summer car

war thunder

and many more modern titles with a little bit worse performance than windows but preferrably better also im not really a tech savvy i can get stuff done but still this linux thing is new for me

the reason im trying out linux is cuz my dad wants me to know how linux works wich by the looks of it is really interesting OS also im going to be installing windows on a another hard drive just so in case linux doesnt support JUST that singular game

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